OS X Mavericks update will be free and available today

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As if you needed another reason to update your Apple computer to the latest version of OS X, the company has just announced that Mavericks will be completely free.

Apple has always been cheaper than Microsoft when it comes to their OS updates, but today they have taken things one step further and made the latest update completely free for nearly every OS X device released in the last few years. Even better, the update will be available later today, and you’ll be able to install it using nothing more than your internet connection.

There’s been a lot of talk from Apple about why you should install Mavericks, and until today all of it had been about performance. The Cupertino company claims that users will see an hour of battery life or more back when doing things like watching a movie or surfing the web. On top of this, Apple has announced new features for most of their attached pieces of software, like Shared Links in Safari and new multi-monitor support.

The coolest part of the announcement is that it doesn’t matter what piece of hardware you have or what version of OS X you were running. Apple has made it so you can upgrade to Mavericks from the last three versions of OS X with no problem, even if you are running older hardware. Keep an eye out for instruction on how to perform this install later today.